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While Jason Kenney, the United Conservative Party’s newly elected leader remains out of the legislature until he can win a seat in a byelection, he has put his assembly duties in the capable and very large hands of Jason Nixon. Most Albertans, however, likely have little knowledge of just what a giant of character Alberta’s […]

RCMP have charged a Carstairs man with voyeurism after videos of female massage clients were discovered on a laptop computer. The investigation was prompted after an IT repair technician came forward to police on Oct. 30 with a discovery he had made on a laptop he was hired to repair. “While making the repair, the […]

The RCMP major crimes unit is investigating after the body of a woman was found in the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. On Sunday, Lake Louise Mounties were called to do a welfare check on a person in one of the rooms at the scenic mountain retreat. When they entered, they found the body of a […]

Two people are dead as a result of separate collisions just outside Calgary. About 9:20 p.m. Friday, emergency services were called to the intersection of Hwy. 781 and Hwy, about 100 km north of Calgary, for reports of a multi-car crash. According to RCMP, an eastbound vehicle went through a stop sign at the intersection […]

CROWSNEST PASS — A simple note scrawled on the door of the Pure Country Bar & Grill on Highway 3 illustrates the disarray gripping this mountainside community. “Closed due to family tragedy.” Terry Blanchette, 27, a cook at the bar, was found dead Monday morning at a home in the Blairmore district. Police are treating the […]

Long-time Calgary criminal lawyer Christopher (C.D.) Evans and publisher Lorene Shyba have co-edited an incredible collection of memorable cases by 20 prominent Canadian lawyers and prosecutors that have had significant impacts on their careers.

The price tag for Premier Jim Prentice’s visit by chartered jet to northern Alberta on Monday was $8,500 less than it would have been using Alberta’s taxpayer-funded fleet, his office says. Prentice and seven other government officials flew a Citation Sovereign jet chartered for a round trip from Calgary to Fort Chipewyan to speak with First Nations and Métis leaders. The quoted price for the chartered flight — including a stop in Fort McKay — was quoted at $11,542.29, said spokeswoman Emily Woods. The costs could change after final calculations.

To use language that’s become familiar in an age when authorities regularly uncover terrorist threats, a former military intelligence officer’s plan to attack a downtown Calgary tower that houses a Veterans Affairs office had gone far beyond the aspirational stage. When the RCMP arrested the 45-year-old man at his parents’ Springbank-area acreage in January, they found two firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, tactical equipment, bomb-making materials and a stew of deadly chemicals.

Two men are in custody after an incident involving a stolen truck in Red Deer, an armed robbery in Olds and another robbery in Innisfail concluded Wednesday night in the northwest community of Evanston.

Police say it’s a “miracle no one was killed” in a dangerous driving spree involving a number of hit and runs in Calgary on Halloween morning before a suspect was arrested north of the city. Numerous charges have been laid in connection with the pursuit. Police believe drugs were a factor.

An early November snowfall caused power outages across southern Alberta, trapped hikers on Mount Yamnuska and kept roads crews and police busy over the weekend. Calgary and many surrounding areas were placed under a snowfall warning on Saturday and by the time Calgary’s warning was lifted midday Sunday, about 12 to 15 centimetres of snow had fallen across the city, said Environment Canada meteorologist Kyle Fougere.

Authorities have completed the decontamination of a north Calgary home where a suspected synthetic drug lab was discovered, but the materials seized are still being tested and no charges have been laid. One person who was at the home at the time was taken into custody but released without charge. He remains under investigation, said Mike Tucker, spokesman with Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams.

A police oversight agency is investigating whether officers erred when pursuing a stolen vehicle through Calgary and outside city limits Tuesday night. The pursuit began after officers received a call about a suspicious vehicle near the Drop-In Centre. A background check revealed the vehicle was stolen but when officers approached, the vehicle fled the scene.

Many snowmobilers from Alberta will soon begin the annual trek to southeastern B.C. to experience the legendary powder in the region, where police have stepped up efforts to ensure visitors return home with their sleds. RCMP detachments in Revelstoke and Sicamous are increasing patrols in areas frequented by snowmobilers and are using “bait sleds” equipped with GPS to deter would-be thieves, or more easily track anyone who steals one.

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